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G. E. BLAYLUCK.

TIRE STRIPPER- APPLICA'HON FILED OCT. 20, I920.

Reissued Nov. 30, 1920.

ATTORNEY;

e. E.- BLAY'LOCK.

TIRE STRIPPER;

APPLICATIONWILED ocT. 20, 1920.

Reissued NOV. 30. 1920. 14,994:-

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES Pl N -Q F w 31 i Y A b M B LA D IAS EGHOBQTO THE-G. E. n14!- or MARY AND;

LOCK r132: Aim RUBBERCOMPANY, or enrriiomz, MARYLAND, A conrom'rxon rIRE-s rmrrre Sficiilbaiiidn of Reissuedit ters raise ti N OX 30, 19:20 i

To all whom it may colizcern Be Iit known that 1, mm Brim"- Ii()o1;,e;citi'zeri" of the United "States of Amer ca, residn g "at 7 Baltimore, n the State of lila yland', hzwe invented Certmn new and useful Impr 1vmemsi TITEre-Stri iPeIfS, of which the following isa speeification, v

The fn zych'ine'or 'appiizuice which is the subjeet milt terof the present application for patent is designed foi' stripping or remoxx mg the i-ubbei-"treadfrom tire casings; 3 1d 9 its object is topro'vide a simple rind efiicient" this operation n'iay be means vwhereby readily eifecteol. v

With the object stated in View, the invention consists in a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and'claimed; and 'iDoI'CiGr, thet'the same may be better understood, reference is had to the zicgojii mnying erlrziwirigs forming :1 art ofthis specification,

Ihe preferredembodiment oi the invention has been ciisolosedi but it xvii be urn kw stood that various cin and mode :1-

tions in the structural details may he made w1thout a departure from the spirit and Referringspeeificallji to the drawings, 10

denotesfth'e ta er ,zh-work bench suppered on legs 10 and of sue-h lengthen-1' to provide I a sup orb for the tire casing iio be operated on. none eiid of the bench topfi's mount} ed holder which may be im oi'dihery' 'vise,

11, or any other suitablefgrippmgeppii HDCG. From theopposite end 'of the beech top rise standards 1 2 Wh1G 1 0flIlTyi bearings 13 supporting a transverse shaft, 14, driven from 'any' Suitable? power ,1 source (not shown The'shaftr islsh own equip 1" [with i i d!" 2 source by a. chain; 16 ;1Qwillfjbiilidrsiiood,"

of course, that."dn other jsnitable."driving Z9 4 i. v means imy be, emplo ed, bed a ry suitabie passing over a guide puiiey 1 i for the ieve'r 1 r support; for the ,P arts iri plziee I of the bench, 10.

Orr-the shaft l4 is looseigy jmoiiriteiij a i drum 17 over which is wound a hauling line,

18m the outer end of which latter. is tened agrippmg derive in the form of a pairof tongs, 19. One end (if-the drumlT-has :1. ciuteh member, 20' which is opposite a 00 operating clutch: member 20-, which latter is: ust; orrthe shaft-l4 and is I also slidable thereon so that it may; he engaged with the from. When the clutch drum; 1? is v rotated, and when the clutch members are disengaged, the drum remains stationery. 4 v

The clutch member 20 is controlled by a roclgsl aft '21 egrte'nding throughout si1bstunt-wily the entire length of the bench top is!) on one side thereof, and supported in bearings 22 on the bottom of the letter. Tile rock shaft 21 ms :1 LOfii'xifil arm 22 which is mm ,d by u fink to one end of a eluteh shzii: lever 52% pivoted its other end as shown by one of the shrunk-1111s 12.

iever, 534C operatively eonnected int ermedix to e suitable iiraokeb 26 earnsi 1 The sl'uft-erclutch member 1.9 or be disengaged there-i members are" en 'gaged and the shaft 14 15 in motion, the

ate its ends to the clutch member 20 in the I At suitable intervaisflhe ordinal-y manner.

provided with actuating rock shaft- 21 is immfies 2G.

.1, pr-""rit the winding from the-drum '13" wijien fiheciutch member 26 is disengaged, the drum is fitifiii with a ratchet 538 which is engaged bv a. aw}

hauling line Biron]. im-

29 pivoteri. atv 50m one if the seen-ims 12;

; A spriiig 31 connecteriqio fire pawl fifii'yielclnd hoicis the some in engs- 'ement with the ratchet Q8 Toitiie 471 E39 iseoimerted a trip line 32 H on the Eidjib eenirstznmiarfi 12 fronrwhih guide pulley, the line passes to thefoi'wznd end of the ipen sh tnpjlfi. where is-cemlected to an' operating: ievm' iflpwoted at 35 to a stzmd- 3%} rising from this enri of the bench-top This stander-i also carries :1.

guide sector 37 In operation, the tire Figs. 1 and 2, is cut through transversely,

. nd one end is plated in the vise 1.1. Enough of the tread isioosened from .the fabric 'so thaii the tongs 19 may be engaged with the easing shown at C,-

clutch member 20 is now engaged with the clutch member 19, whereupon the'drum 17 is set'in motion and the line 18 is wound thereon, which draws the tongs 19 toward the rear end of the bench'top.10, and as the tongs are "ripping the tread, the latter is stripped of? an o vious manner. The operator preferably stands at the edge of the'work bench where the handles 27 are located and fol lows the ton s as they travel along the bench top', so that if the tread should start to stick to the fabric, he can at once stop the drum and bring the tongs to a rest. After loosening the sticking tread from the fabric, conveniently using the longitudinal support as a bench to hold the fabric and tread, by means'of a suitable hand tool, the drum is again started to resume the stripping operation The machine is therefore under compl te control of the operator, and the stripping operation canbe carried out without danger of injury to the fabric by any portion of the tread sticking thereto. When the. drum is thrownout of gear as hereinbefore described, theipawl 29 prevents the same from turning backward, and when the :stripping operation is com leted, the pawl will e released to allow t e line 18 to be unwound for bringing the tongs 19 to the front end of the work bench to grasp the tread of the next casing to be operated on.

I claim:

1. An appliance ofthe kind described, comprising a longitudinal support, a holder positioned at one end of the support, a gripper movable alon the support toward and from the holder, 0 utch-controlled means for operating the gripper, and a clutch-controlling means positloned on one side of the support and extending in the direction of the ength thereof.

2. An appliance of the kind described,

the fabric of the tire casin in cent points, and a work com 1lSll1"',2l lon itudinal su Jort a holder 2! h 7 positioned at one end of the support, a windingrlr'umsupported at'the other end of the support, clutch-controlled means for operating'the drum, :1: hauling line connected to the; drum, .a gripper carried -by the hauling line, a rock shaft extending lengthwise of the support on one side thereof and having a plurality of actuating means, and a connection between the rock shaft and the clutch for controlling the latter. V

3.'Means for stripping the tread from the remainder of the fabric of a tire casing consisting of means for grip 'iing the fabric, means for gripping the tread and means for changing the relative position oi said grippers, permitting them to grip the fabric and tread respectively at adjacent ends formed by cutting the fabric and tread transverse] y and causing them to be separated and thus to draw the tread from the main body of the fabric, so that the point of separation of the two parts of the casing progresses in the direction of the length of the casing as the two portions are separated. 4. A' machine for stripping the rubber from the fabric of a tire-shoe or casing consisting of Ineaus for gripping the main body of the casing, means for gripping the rubher and actuating-means" for causing the grippers to be separated and to thus draw the tread from the main body of the casing, the same acting along a rectilinear path,the actuating means being also adapted to per init the grippers to engage the. body of the fabric and the rubber respectively at adjasupport adjacent the-said rectilinear path. Signed by me at Baltimore, this 18th day of October, 1920' (IIFFORD E. BLAYLOCK; WVitnesses: PORTER H. FLAUTT,

MARY C. MILLER.

Maryland, 

